Overview of the Independent Counsel Provisions of the Ethics in Government Act

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governmental investigations.

Political ethics.

United States--Officials and employees.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1986

Summary:

Summarizes provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 which allow the Attorney General to apply to a special three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the appointment of an independent counsel, following allegations that high-level Federal officials have committed Federal crimes

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Overview of the Independent Counsel Provisions of the Ethics in Government Act

Publisher Number:

CRS-1986-AML-0056

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